Coated-metal-wire rubber fabric.



R. M. BISSELL.

COATED METAL WIRE RUBBER FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED APE.13,1911. 1,036,428,, Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

ATTORNEYS Z% /W/MT By 7% WHZ Barman. M. BISS'ELL, or VALGOUR, nEw oRK.

' COATED-METAL-WIBE RUBBER FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 13, 1911. Serial No. 620,768.

To all it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANDALL M. Brssnnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resldent of Valcour, in the county of Clinton and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Coated-Metal-Wire Rub ber Fabric, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to pro vide an. air and water proof fabric having a reinforcing metal structure; and to provide in 'a fabric of the character mentioned a metal puncture resisting surface.

With these objects in view the invention" consists in weaving fabric coated flexible metal wire to form a'fabric and embedding.

the same in a rubber body.

It further consists incoa-ting or pouring upon a fabric formed of fabric coated flexible wire abody of rubber or rubber composition molded or cast in form in such manner thatthe material of the body flows inti-' mately fabric;

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1,is a side view of a fragment of hose pipe formed from fabric constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view showing in section the arrangement of the woven metal fabric and the rubber body therefor, the section being taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1; and Fig.3 is a detail view in section of a fragment of the hose shown in Fig. 1, the section being taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1. It will be understood that the woven fabric herein employed is constructed from thread or fabric coated wire. The wire preferably used is copper strand wire such as is employed in the manufacture of electric bell cord. The number of strands or gage thereof constituting the wire used in the present fabric is a matter of judgment or of need; to fit the requirements for which the particular fabric may be constructed. It will also be understood that the fabric may about the strands of the woven be woven about a core to for as shown 1n. the drawings, a hose or other suitable struc-' ture. The particular employmentby me ofthe fabric thus constructed is for the 'manufacture of fire hose and wearing shoes or tires ofor automobiles.

.when constructed in accordance with the present invention. The woven 'fabric is composed of the warp threads 8 and the 'TWoof threads 9. When weaving the fabric for hose pipe or similar structures the :method usually employed in cylindrical weaving is employed by me. The woof and {warp threads are each composed of flexible copper centers 10 which are independently covered by. a coating 11 similar in construction'to that known as thread. insulation for wires used in electric installation. .When the fabric is formed to the proper shape the same is placed'in' a suitable mold, when the rubber body 12 is poured'into the mold, the molten rubber flowing iii and about the strands of the metal wire fabric and'inti-' .mately adhering to each and every part of the coating of said wires. The bond formed by the rubber upon the coating :it will be 'understood is of a character much closer and more adhesive than that which is formed between rubber and bare wire. When the body 12 is properly cooled or setthe hose section is removed from the mold, when it will be found that an article such as a hose has been formed which will hold either air or water, and which will, by reason of the reinforcing wire fabric, successfully resist all dilating internal pressures.

I find it is best in hose structure to place the wire fabric adjacent the outer surface. thereby forming a wire resisting surface for the hose, increasing materially the efiective life thereof.

Inmanufacturing wearing shoes for automobile tires the fabric is woven much in the same manner as would be thread fabric, a suitable width to fit the tread oftheshoe being provided. The rubber body portion such as 12 would be cast or molded upon the fabric strip thus constructed, forming thereby a durable puncture proof-wearing surface adjacent the tread of the said shoe.

It will be understood that while I have shown a fabric having a thickened rubber body 12-see Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawi-n'gsthe body portion maybe such as would ,per-

mit the exposure from both sides of the Patented Aug. 2c, 1912.:

Fig. 1 represents a'fragment 'of fire hose fabric of the threads thereof, the rubber ex-- tending :into and between the interstices of the said fabric. Also, it- Will be understood thatth'e rubber could be thickened so as to extend over and cover the fabric on both sides thereof. i

I am Well aware that metal Wire fabrics have been constructed from Woven wire or "held Within rubber or flexible composi tion, and such construction is not broadly herein claimed.

ifil aving thus described m-y 'inventiomwhat I elaim aswnew and desire to secure by :Letters Patent is :1. A'fabric,ucomprising-a tubeconstructed from woven thread covered wire and a rubher body portion connected to "said tube by beingmdheredxthereto whenzin aimdlten c0n-- dition.

Q, As ran article of manufacture, a fabric havingm'cast rubber body, and a Wearing surface =conn'ected thereto by being adhered thereto while in a moiten condition, said Wearing surface composed of woven =metal Lbsones Wire, said Wire being preliminarily covered withithread.

3. As an -article of manufacture, a fabric having a cast rubber body, and'a wearing sur'face adhered thereto While in a molten- -condition, said Wearing surface composed of Woven metal Wire, s'aid Wire being prelimi- Jnarily coated with a heat insulating material.

4. As-an article=of manufacture, a fabric having a cast rubber body, and a Wearing RANDALL M. BISSELL.

Witnesses:

HnnBnR'T A. STUTGBURY, GEO. M. Coins. 

